Pentagon supplies weapons and ammunition to Kurdish militia in Syria

The United States is now supplying Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces with heavy machine guns, small arms and ammunition to battle Islamic State terrorists near their stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, RT reports. Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon told RT that this move represents the “early steps to prepare for the eventual liberation of Raqqa,” which the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has declared the capital of its self­proclaimed caliphate.

Amid reports of US delivering arms to the Kurdish­-controlled northern Syrian city of Hasakah in recent weeks, Turkish President Recep Erdogan called the US decision “a mistake” and urged US authorities to “reverse it immediately.”